Publications

This review provides a brief overview of some of the prominent differences among the most recent generation of Earth system models and how they are relevant to living marine resource application.

Center for Independent Experts Program Review Northeast Fisheries Science Center Woods Hole, MA 02543 June 6-10, 2016

Decadal scale regime shifts in Northeast shelf plankton communities exhibited distinct characteristics between ecoregions and seasons; results suggest these regime shifts are driven by both local and basin-scale dynamics.

Beginning in 2001, dozens of New England lobstermen have been installing temperature recorders on their traps to document changes from hourly to interannual time scales. These changes are due to a variety of processes such as tides, winds, exchanges with the offshore ocean waters, and larger scale climatic cycles.

Changes in the northeast shelf ecosystem are resulting in changes in timing of when fish reproduce and were they live. Management of marine fish requires long-term data of eggs, larvae, and adults to understand the past, present, and future of marine fisheries.

With a focus on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, we review what is known about the underlying processes of herbivory and coral-algal competition that ultimately affect the ability of corals to grow, persist, and replenish themselves. We then critically assess evidence of effectiveness or otherwise of herbivore management within marine protected areas (MPAs) to better understand why many MPAs have not improved outcomes for corals, and more importantly to identify the circumstances in which that form of management would be most likely to be effective.

Model suggests that due to climate change, a decline in the yield of Hawaii's longline fishery may be inevitable, but the effects of climate change on the ecosystem depend heavily on the intensity of fishing mortality.

Observing how a remote ecosystem responds to the 2014–2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event being the longest, most widespread, and impactful on record.

A study of historical climate fluctuations and the possibility of hydropower.